Understanding the Proposed Online Privacy Bill
By Edmund LeeAdvertising Age(March 16, 2011) The Obama administration has asked Congress to pass an online-privacy law, a set of "baseline" protections that would act as a privacy bill of rights, a significant move designed to settle the continuing digital-privacy debate.But an important factor here that has not been discussed is the timing of the president's call to Congress.In the past year or ...
Obama Administration Calls for New Privacy Law
The Obama Administration is backing a new data privacy bill of rights aimed at protecting consumers against indiscriminate online tracking and data collection...
White House Calling on Congress to Pass Online Privacy Law
The Obama administration came out today in favor of a consumer privacy bill of rights that will provide protection to consumers online. The call for enhanced privacy, or "do not track", would provide users with the ability to opt out of any online tracking and the collection of data about online browsing habits. The White House is calling for any new legislation to follow the guidelines outlined ...
Trends and Developments in Patent Law, DMCA, Online Privacy Among Hot Topics at 26th Annual ABA Intellectual Property ...
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 29, 2011 — Is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act working? Are U.S. Patent and Trade Office and congressional initiatives on patent reform achieving intended results? How should cases be litigated before the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board? These questions and many others will be the focus of discussions at the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual ...
White House pushes for online privacy bill of rights
The Commerce Department calls on Congress to pass a privacy bill of rights to give Internet users better control over the personal data captured from them online. Originally posted at Privacy Inc.